Chtenia 37: the Year 1917 |
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| Author:
| Kuzmina, Olga |
| Series title: | Chtenia: Readings from Russia Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-5426-7644-1 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2017 |
| Publisher: | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $12.00 |
Book Description:
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"It is one of the great ironies of history that in 1917 one of the most isolated, illiterate societies in Europe, one that was deeply conservative and religious, agrarian and feudalist, became the first to embrace the revolutionary, atheistic, and industrial ideology of Communism." - From the Curator's IntroductionThis collection of fiction, memoir, poetry and photos is all focused on the lynchpin year that was 1917, with the intent of taking the reader as close as possible to what it...
More Description"It is one of the great ironies of history that in 1917 one of the most isolated, illiterate societies in Europe, one that was deeply conservative and religious, agrarian and feudalist, became the first to embrace the revolutionary, atheistic, and industrial ideology of Communism." - From the Curator's IntroductionThis collection of fiction, memoir, poetry and photos is all focused on the lynchpin year that was 1917, with the intent of taking the reader as close as possible to what it felt like to be living at that time, be it on the frontlines, or in Petrograd.